St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-15
JUDGE AND JURY.
A Trip Around Among the Judges
and the Lawyers. =.

In the supreme court yesterday the
cases of Hannah Devine, respondent,
VS.. NJ. w. Lewis and Austin F. Kelley,
appellants; and James A. Quinn, re-
spondent, VS.. J. G. MarkOe, appellant,
were argued and submitted.
f. The case of the Security Bank of
Minneapolis, appellant, VS.. Richard d.
Beede ct al, II. p. Herring. garnishee,
respondent, was submitted on briefs.
The case of L. f.. Gilmore, respond
ent, VS.. Charles Brost, appellant, ap-
Dealed from the district court of Dakota
county. was continued until the April
term of 1888.
The case of Alexander Crawford, re-
spondent. VS.. Joseph Frediam and John
Scatena, appellants, was affirmed be-
cause of the failure of the attorney for
the appellants to serve copy of the
paper book and points upon the attor-
ney for the respondent.
DISTRICT COURT.
There is little interest in the replevin
case now on trial before jury in Judge
Kelly's court room of Ernest W. Cooke
against w. ii. Wilcox and others. c.
d. O'Brien is advocating the side Of
Cooke and ". Ii. Sanborn for Wilcox.
According to Cookies side of the case,
Witch NEtH. IOdHltltl ~. tOlu1Sl SS. w II.
Wilcox and Robert p. Hunter were in
terested in selling stock in the concern
known as the Northwestern Smoke
Consumer and Manufacturing company
MesSrS Wilcox and Sturgiss made a
contract to sci! Mr.. Cooke $4,000 worth
of stock in consideration of his promis-
sorry notes for 81, 600. They gave him
certificate to the effect that for this con-
SideratiOn he was holder of $4,000
worth of stock. They also offered to
sell him $4,000 more on cash conSid-
Grafton amounting to 10 per cent of the
additional block. For some reason or
other the company didn't pan out as
we'll as was expected and Mr.. Cooke
found himself $1,000 in debt without
the financial benefit supposed to have
accrued from the stock. Accordingly
he has commenced suit to recover his
notes.
Judge SimOns promptly overruled the
demurrer of the druggist. Sterling r.
McMaSter, to the complaint of Martin
Osborne, in The suit for the poisoning of
the girl, Anna Osborne. by colchicum
root. Martin Osborne is plaintiff in the
case by being the administrator for the
deceased girl. Miss Osborne, as alleged
in the complaint, went to the drug store
at the suggestion of a well-meaning
lady, Mrs. Ryan, to get some colchicum
root for the purpose of making tea of
it for her rheumatism. She got the aEti-
Gle and went home and prepared the
tea, drinking all of it. As a conse-
quence she died. Judge SimonS, in his
order, refers to section 800 of the state
penal code. which prohibits any drug
giSt from selling any poisonous article
without labelling it, and making the
Offense of not doing so miSdemeanor.
Before Judge Brill the cases of the
village of White Bear against Catharine
S. Stewart. and John harrington against
Margaret E. Culver eft al. one of the old
Culver estate cases, were argued and
submitted. ~
Suit for T. Arthur Huot has been
commenced against Joseph X. Weide
for 800 on transfer bill of exchange
from "a. GibertOn & Co., Montreal.
Verdicts for defendants were found in
both the cases of Robert L. Dillon
against J. J. Watson and Austin S.
Fields against George r. Magee.
The suit of ex-Clerk of Courts r. W.
Bell against the Sun Fire Insurance
company for $500 insurance is OH trial
i'll Judge Wilkins room.
Judgments for plaintiffs by stipula-
ton were entered in both the eases of
Joseph Horst against William BeIyea
ct al.
John Durham got verdict of $500
in his trover action for timber trespass
against the j. 2. Gribben Lumber COM
paDy.
In the case of Ramsey Crooks against
f. G. Bowen verdict for 500 for
Crooks was returned.
The action On merchandise accounts
of John J. Simenson against H0yt & Son
is now on trial.
Judge Brill has cleaned up the caien-
Oar of court cases up to date.
MUNICIPAL COURT.
Frank Weiss, who was arrested last
night by Officer Davis Oh charge of
having stolen horse blanket from
hackman named j. y. Dunn, was sent